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Aren’t We All Divine Youngsters? by Janet Maika’i Rudolph


This was initially posted March 18, 2021
Observe from Janet: Thanks all who supported the launch of my e book Desperately Searching for Persephone on Could 19. As a result of a printer’s error, the unique books despatched out had been deeply broken with out formatting, modifying and with unsure content material. In the event you acquired certainly one of these books you might be entitled to a free substitute. I’ve put directions on the backside of the put up for anybody affected to obtain their copy.

Contemplate the next 4 delivery tales:

  1. A excessive priestess grew to become pregnant in a way that was forbidden in her society. She gave delivery to a child boy. Fearing for her baby’s life, she original a basket of rushes and forged him right into a river. He was retrieved by a person named Akki whose identify means “the drawer of water.” Akki raised the boy.
  2. A son was born to a younger princess who had been pressured to maintain her being pregnant a secret as a result of it was forbidden. When her son was born, she positioned him in a basket and floated him down the river. He was discovered and raised by foster mother and father. He grew as much as develop into a famous warrior, speaker and finally a king. 
  3. A younger boy unintentionally ingested some drops of star-studded knowledge from the cauldron of a goddess and, on this method, was all of the sudden woke up to divine data. The goddess grew livid that her divine knowledge was stolen. Determined to flee her life-threatening wrath, a wild chase ensued. The boy turned himself right into a rabbit, however the goddess turned herself right into a canine to chase him down. The boy turned himself right into a fish to swim away however the goddess grew to become an otter to proceed the chase. The boy then turned himself right into a chicken, however the goddess grew to become a hawk. Lastly, the boy turned himself right into a seed and hid in a big pile of grain. The goddess turned herself right into a hen and ate up all of the grain together with the boy-as-seed. On this method she discovered herself pregnant. She deliberate to kill the child when he was born, however when she noticed him, he was so lovely that she fell in love and she or he couldn’t deliver herself to take action. The goddess sewed the child right into a leather-based sack and threw him into the river. He was retrieved by a person named Elphin who renamed and raised him.
  4. A girl of the priestly caste of her tribe gave delivery to a child boy. On the time, all boys born to her tribe had been beneath a decree of loss of life. To avoid wasting her son’s life, she created a basket of reeds and floated him down the river. He was discovered by a royal princess who retrieved him from the water, gave him a brand new identify and raised him to maturity.

The primary story is that of an Akkadian hero king named Sargon I or Sargon the Nice who lived circa 23rd – 24th centuries BCE. He’s finest recognized for conquering a lot of Mesopotamia, the identical common space of Biblical occasions, albeit a lot earlier. He’s credited with introducing the idea of an empire and was lauded because the founding father of a dynasty of kings all through the area.

The second story is Karna’s delivery story from the Hindu Mahabharata. His father was the Hindu solar deity, Surya. His mom was a princess who later grew to become a queen. His foster mother and father named him Vasusena. It’s mentioned that the boy had the ft of his mom and glowed with the illumination of his father.

The third story is the delivery legend of Taliesin, the bard/poet/shaman of Britain. Taliesin was mentioned to have lived within the 6th century CE.

The fourth story is the biblical story of Moses.

Despite the fact that the 4 delivery tales span cultures 1000’s of miles aside and time durations of over 1000’s of years, there are a myriad of widespread mythic themes right here.

The mom in every case was a princess, priestess or a goddess, every with a connection to the divine. Sargon was the son of the excessive priestess. Jochebed, Moses’s mom was a Levite, a member of the priestly caste, doubtlessly a priestess in her personal proper. Taliesin’s second delivery mom was Cerridwen, often called the goddess of Britain. In Karna’s case, his mom was a princess who coupled with a deity.  

All 4 had been floated down a river in a basket or a sack to flee from life-threatening hazard. All had been retrieved and raised by their rescuers. At the very least three of them got new names upon their retrieval. The Celtic boy was initially named Gwion and have become Taliesin. The pharaoh’s daughter gave her adoptee the identify Moses. The identify in historical Egyptian means “son.”

In brief, every of our heroes had two delivery experiences: The primary via the watery amniotic fluid of their bodily moms and the second of their traversing watery passages in reed or leather-based baskets. Metaphorically via the delivery passage of the Nice Goddess.

Moses is usually handled as a historic character. He is perhaps, however there isn’t a extra-Biblical supply that mentions him. Maybe he, like so many historical “heroes,” is a mythic character dropped at human measurement and human expertise for the aim of storytelling.

And maybe essentially the most pertinent, particularly in relation to this Feminism and Faith website, is the echoing of the theme of the son or it’s extra possible roots – “baby.”  The sacred “baby” grew to become “son” as a result of these tales had been written in patriarchal occasions. We discover extra feminine heroes in fairy tales which may be traced to older traditions.

The overarching theme turns into a particular baby who was born and derived energy from the Nice Mom Goddess.

There’s a lot written in regards to the mythic archetype of the “son of the solar.” I’m proposing that the unique template of hero/prophets/non secular leaders could be the archetype of “the kid of the Nice Goddess.” In different phrases, this can be a template that embodies every certainly one of us. Simply as Moses was a baby of the Nice Goddess, so, too, are we.

And don’t all of us have two delivery lineages as effectively? It might be mentioned that our bodily our bodies are birthed from our bodily moms and signify our earthly lineage. It is also mentioned that our soul or spirit is birthed immediately from the Nice Goddess and signify our heavenly or royal lineage.  All of us have entry to stroll the royal path in our personal lives.

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For substitute copies of Desperately Searching for Persephone: You’ll know when you have one of many error ridden copies a number of methods (I’m naming only some) 1) my bio on the again is 2 sentences and is clearly not me. 2) There is no such thing as a Desk of Contents. 3) It says “chapter 1” on high of every odd numbered web page all through the entire e book. When you have certainly one of these books please contact my writer at denise@redpenguinweb.com . They’ll want your mailing deal with to ship you a brand new copy. Many thanks once more.

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